I read the quote a bit more charitably than you. FTA:

> This all felt quite abrupt and hostile, and I’m still not sure what to make of it.

That’s not an unreasonable feeling to have, and I also don’t think such a statement is in and of itself offensive to RC, especially recognizing the guy quit his job in a pandemic to do this thing, and was kicked out for missing an intro meeting.

I which case I would apologize, say it won't happen again, thank them for making the changes they said they would so it doesn't happen to someone else, and say I look forward to joining again in the next batch.

> especially recognizing the guy quit his job in a pandemic to do this thing, and was kicked out for missing an intro meeting.

Exactly, that's why I would post anything that could remotely be considered a criticism.

Being removed from a 6-week program that requires participants to quit their job for missing a 90min meeting that occurred at 7am is insanely hostile and unfriendly. They showed their colors and they aren't helpful friendly people that encourage learning.

> I look forward to joining again in the next batch.

I don't know how your personal money situation is, but if I'd quit my job expecting to take a 2 month break and then suddenly being told "actually it's 4 months" now I'd be pretty angry. My budgets would be completely out of whack. Do I need to contract for 2 months? Find a very short job? What are the tax implications? How do I explain the suddenly much bigger gap on my resume?

If it's that big a deal maybe more work should've been done to make sure they knew what they had to do.

>I which case I would apologize, say it won't happen again, thank them for making the changes they said they would so it doesn't happen to someone else, and say I look forward to joining again in the next batch.

This sounds like a message you would say directly, not a public blog post. It sounds like Erik was kicked out before he could further communicate directly.

>Exactly, that's why I would post anything that could remotely be considered a criticism.

I don't think the he views RC as much of a career aid, more of something fun to help him improve as a programmer. Thus I don't think he sees it as important to attend in order to get a future job.

If I quit my job to attend a programme only to get kicked back a whole batch on day 1, I don't think I'd want to continue.

I'm not a programmer, so I don't know anything about RC. I just find this whole situation and blog post odd.

How is the job market for programmers right now?

There have been layoffs, like ClassPass fired 50% of staff, but there's still work too. The author is a little strange, quitting a job to go on six week retreat instead of taking a leave of absence, but if he is acting that way, he clearly wanted to switch to a new job anyway, had plenty of money in reserve, and likely won't have trouble finding one. RC doesn't seem to have any value beyond them acting as a recruiter for you at the end, but recruiters are free and happy to help you find jobs without that anyway.

The author mentions this was a good nudge to finally quit his job. Perhaps something premeditated and planned? Why is this strange?

By chance, did you read the article?

> By chance, did you read the article?

Please don't do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

re your edit:

That public negative feedback could be bad is quite obvious - at the same time "don't tell the public about problems and maybe get them to change policies, be quiet and take it" is not a popular position to advocate for.

RC is generally quite well-regarded, so this is especially disappointing.

Thank you.